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Hurt-Wrenching Footages of Gaza Strip
July 20, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Despite becoming familiar with heart-wrenching incidents here, these days more than ever the photos of frightened Palestine children is breaking my heart and often cause me to shed ...
Ramadan and Religious Show-Off!
July 19, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
This month is exclusively associated with the worships and prayers aimed for the cleanliness of the soul and thoughts and it is the reason why, the worships and prayers done in this holy ...
Candidates Have Started Working Together
July 19, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Both Presidential candidates met on Tuesday behind closed door in order to discuss perhaps about the previously agreed national unity or participatory government proposed by US ...
A Prince Ought to Choose the Fox and the Lion; Machiavelli
July 19, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at ...
Power Sharing Formula; An alternative to Resolve Electoral Deadlock!
July 17, 2014 | Asmatyari
The lengthened electoral deadlock, subsequent to unaddressed claims of industrial scale fraud by Dr. Abdullah earned an international concentration. The world leaders, including ...
We Need Love and Affection
July 17, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
A man dragging himself with one arm; legs unable to walk; a fountain of blood at the point where there should be the other arm; face covered with the soot of the bomb blast; eyes red as ...
Inventing the Life!
July 17, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
A fly always sits on a sweet thing. It can be better explained by a zoologist but I am sure it has a strong sense of smell as it soon finds out a hidden sweet thing and comes and ...
A Society without Justice
July 16, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
His son was kidnapped by local Taliban and nobody knew where he was kept or being transported. He worked in an international NGO and he was twice warned by Taliban to quit his job and stop ...
Mr. Kerry Pulled the Country Back on Track for a period
July 16, 2014 | Masood Korosh
After days of political tumult popped up after the announcement of preliminary runoff Presidential election, on Sunday night people breathed in relief. The political muscles ...
Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) - The Paragon of Virtue
July 15, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for in the mosque, when the minaret is sounded and the worshipers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is ...
Afghanistan- Is the Electoral Deadlock Broken?
July 14, 2014 | Dr. Hussain Yasa
It might still be premature to conclude that John Kerry has worked a miracle by solving the Afghan electoral dispute. Nevertheless the agreement which Kerry brokered demonstrates that ...
The Way of the Prophet (PBUH)
July 14, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
In history, we read about the famous ‘Crusades’ in which forces and volunteers, mostly including of religious fanatics from different European kingdoms of that time carried ...
Action Reflects Beauty not Face
July 14, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
According to Kant, our experience of beauty is an experience of freedom. He argues, however, that beauty is not itself an objective property of things. When we judge that a natural ...
Re-diagnosing our Society
July 13, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
There is a disease that has infected our existence and the smell of the infection has spread everywhere in the society. With each passing day the infection seems to be getting serious and ...
Women Suffer Violence and Injustice
July 13, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
As an Afghan citizen, whenever I hear the phrase ‘violence against women’ I, uncontrollably, imagine an addicted man with a keen knife in his hand and her wild ...
What People Expect
July 13, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Kiev has vowed to make pro-Russian rebels pay after losing 23 servicemen in clashes across the separatists east. The Ukrainian defense ministry said on Friday the death toll included 19 ...
Until You Have Power!
July 12, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
The sad incidents in Gaza is about to enter its second week and Israeli bombers have killed almost 100 Palestinians. Israeli army is also ready to enter the Palestinian territory but the ...
Female and Feminism
July 12, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
It is beyond doubt that violence against women is still a controversial topic across the country that mostly media go into feeding frenzy over such stories. Sexual harassment, domestic ///
A New Caliphate?
July 12, 2014 | nard Haykel and Cole Bunzel
The recent declaration of a caliphate by the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is an unprecedented event in modern times. Regardless of how it turns out, one thing ...
Civilian Casualties on the Rise
July 10, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
One of the most heinous aspects of insecurity, terrorism and war is the civilian casualties. The people, who are not in any way related to the conflict that takes their life, lose their lives in the ...
Deteriorating Political Prospective
July 10, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Despite warnings of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Election Commission announced the primary result of runoff Presidential election which has thrust the political situation deep into quagmire of confusion ...
Grave Sectarian Divide Fuels Iraq Crisis
July 10, 2014 | Asmatyari
Some of the renowned Middle Eastern countries suffering acute poverty and unemployment, bounced at the height of oppression, staging a series of demonstration till the despotic regimes replaced ...
A concocted mandate; Afghan Disputed Presidential Polls
July 09, 2014 | Dr. Hussain Yasa
The provisional results which the Afghan Election Commission announced for the presidential election run-off are so implausible that any attempt to make them stick will undermine ...
Lessons from Ramadan
July 09, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
It is about 3 in the afternoon and we are returning home from the office. Due to Ramadan, we are all returning home early. Weather is hot and thirst of fasting has made it appear even ...
Civilization in Islamic Countries
July 09, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Since we are fasting in this Holy month of Ramadan and it is a religious practice and subjective experience based on the instructions of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), let us consider ...
Can Civil Society Meet the Challenges?
July 08, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
From the earliest times, human communities required cooperative behavior for survival, and it is clear that ancient patterns of social coordination imprinted institutional ...
Never Underestimate the Communal Problems
July 08, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Despite serious worries about the aftermath of announcement of runoff presidential Election, there are figures, including Mr. President Karzai, who are optimistic about the future. Months ...
Helmand Attacks and Re-emergence of Taliban
July 07, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
Ongoing attack and resistance of Taliban in some parts of Helmand is alarming to all those who don’t want the present democratic system to end and country to fall in hands of Taliban ...
Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) – A Role Model for Muslims
July 07, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Religion is no one’s particular property and therefore everyone is free to express his/her opinion regarding it. Moreover, only s/he who opines about religion will be held ...
The Middle East and the Return of History
July 07, 2014 | Joschka Fischer
Ever since Francis Fukuyama argued, more than two decades ago, that the world had reached the end of history, history has made the world hold its breath. China’s rise, the Balkan wars, the ...
Challenging Gender Bias through Biking
July 06, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Afghan women fight bravely against the traditional customs which pose challenge ahead of their social life. Neither the threatening looks of the Islamists nor the conservative culture ...
A Heart-touching Story of Sacrifice for Runoff Election
July 06, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Pajhwok news agency released a heart-touching story of a man during election. Story looks much like fantasy sacrifices in the old stories. He is the resident of Warjali area of Thanai ...
Pakistan Betting on the Wrong Horse
July 06, 2014 | Farman Nawaz
The decades’ old nightmare of Pakistan to secure its grip on Kabul has now turned into neutralizing Indian factor in Afghanistan, however so far neither Kabul has become the ...
Wasted Ramadan
July 05, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
According to a newspaper report, in some Arab countries of Middle East, Ramadan becomes the busiest month in terms of advertisement on television because a lot many people pass so ...
Why Should We Observe Fast?
July 05, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
The month of Ramadan provides us with a sort of "Boot Camp." It is a month of intense moral training. Since we know that fasting is a special duty prescribed by God, we learn ...